Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has praised Pep Guardiola for bringing Raheem Sterling to another level.

Sterling, 24, has starred for the Sky Blues this season, scoring 15 goals and providing nine assists in 28 Premier League games.

Toure, who played for City from 2010 to 2018, believes Guardiola deserves credit for helping turn Sterling into a potential Player of the Year.

“Raheem, my little brother, joined when [Manuel] Pellegrini was at the club. Since Pep arrived Raheem is in another world. He is complete,” he told the Mirror.

“Pep has given him the confidence he has needed. When he played for Liverpool I was always scared of him because he is short and so fast, so quick. Him and [Luis] Suarez and [Philippe] Coutinho? They were unplayable.

“But when he first arrived at City I had to ask myself [whether] it was the right choice for him because he was struggling a lot.

“He had a lot of criticism and it was hard for him, but he continued to work and now he deserves the player of the year.”